Monday 18 August

Today's news from the web

British Waterways is highlighting the worst 12 non-native species most likely to choke its canals, rivers and towpaths and harm native wildlife in a bid to encourage the public to think again about the environmental impact of the plants and pets they buy and dispose of. ...

Friday 1 August

Today's news from the web

Work on Stroud's new A46 bridge will begin in October next year. The project had originally been scheduled to begin this year, but that has now been ruled out, according to Gloucestershire County and Stroud District Councils. “The unexpected withdrawal of British Waterways from the canal project has inevitably pushed everything back,” said Stan Waddington, Gloucestershire County Council's cabinet member for the environment. ...

Waterways volunteers from British Waterways, Leicester City Council, the Environment Agency, and DEFRA are preparing to join forces to remove an invasive weed from the River Soar in Leicester city centre. ...

Birds and fish have died after a mystery liquid coated a quarter-of-a-mile of a canal in the Black Country. The pollution was found in a stretch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton. ...